Service Forester position currently available in Lead, SD

This is a permanent full time position with the State of South Dakota, and includes a full benefit package including health insurance, leave package, and retirement benefits.

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Description

Requisition #: 90628

Agency: Department of Agriculture, Resource Conservation and Forestry

Salary: $13.91 per hour N14

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Additional Requirements: PLEASE SUBMIT THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Position Purpose: Implements, coordinates, and administers forestry activities and programs with individual landowners, city or county governments or agencies, and conservation districts; provides technical assistance; writes forestry resource management plans; and provides educational information to ensure effective conservation practices related to trees and forests and the protection of the states resources. Other duties include, tree insect and disease identification and management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
dendrology, arboriculture;
biology;
biometrics, and botany;
forest ecology, entomology, mensuration, operations, and pathology;
geographic information systems (GIS);
horticulture, hydrology, plant physiology, and silviculture;
range and timber management;
state and federal laws regulating the use of pesticides;
forest fire management, forest insects and diseases, tree biology, forest economics, forest planning, project design and management, urban forestry, agroforestry, and forest certification programs.

Ability to:
use forestry tools for measuring purposes;
conduct literature and technical reference searches;
conduct soil survey research;
use and interpret topographic maps;
use Microsoft Office products to include Word, Outlook, Access, and Power Point;
digital graphic software, mapping programs, and GPS information uploading and down loading;
write professional and technical reports that can be understood by both professional and lay persons;
deal tactfully with others;
communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
maintain a South Dakota pesticide license;
work independently with minimal supervision, or with a group in a team setting;
use the following specialty forestry tools;
clinometer, increment borer, biltmore stick, measuring wheel, compass, and Global Positioning System (GPS).
Comments: Travel one or two days per week with some overnight stays, and occasional extended travel for one week or more.

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Additional Information

Category: Forestry>Jobs

Region: South Dakota

Ad Running: 10/14/2009-11/12/2011

Ad Posted: 10/13/2009 3:58:06 PM

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